merl1n said:Does anyone know what is the natural predator of the grey heron. i have 1 that is slowly eating my 2 ponds dry. i thought instead of devices and plastic birds i could use its natural enemy.
what about birds of prey. are there any the heron dont like much?Mark43 said:Sorry out of luck.........there aren't any.
merl1n said:what about birds of prey. are there any the heron dont like much?
Pluvius said:I have seen a heron being attacked by two peregrines in Donegal. Successfully
www.peregrinesbirdblog.blogspot.com
saluki said:whereupon falconer on horseback would ride up and rescue the Heron.
Stephen Dunstan said:Two Peregrines and a man on horseback - it gets more and more relevant to the real world!
Stephen.
saluki said:Hi Stephen,
I simply posted to illustrate that Peregrines are capable of taking Herons. It was, indeed, the 'real world' - if not the entirely natural world - a hundred years or so ago.
An account of Heron hawking can be found here:
http://users.cybercity.dk/~ccc12787/misc/seebright01.html
saluki
saluki said:Hi Stephen,
I simply posted to illustrate that Peregrines are capable of taking Herons. It was, indeed, the 'real world' - if not the entirely natural world - a hundred years or so ago.
An account of Heron hawking can be found here:
http://users.cybercity.dk/~ccc12787/misc/seebright01.html
saluki
Stephen Dunstan said:Yes I do understand that, I was being flippant.
Regards,
Stephen.
Saw a documentery on this once. Alligators love to eat Herons. This is true but then you would have to feed the gator the rest of your fish.merl1n said:Does anyone know what is the natural predator of the grey heron. i have 1 that is slowly eating my 2 ponds dry. i thought instead of devices and plastic birds i could use its natural enemy. what about birds of prey? are there any the heron dusnt like very much?